5.5

CVE-2022-49549

x86/MCE/AMD: Fix memory leak when threshold_create_bank() fails

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/MCE/AMD: Fix memory leak when threshold_create_bank() fails

In mce_threshold_create_device(), if threshold_create_bank() fails, the
previously allocated threshold banks array @bp will be leaked because
the call to mce_threshold_remove_device() will not free it.

This happens because mce_threshold_remove_device() fetches the pointer
through the threshold_banks per-CPU variable but bp is written there
only after the bank creation is successful, and not before, when
threshold_create_bank() fails.

Add a helper which unwinds all the bank creation work previously done
and pass into it the previously allocated threshold banks array for
freeing.

  [ bp: Massage. ]
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.8 < 5.10.121
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.46
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 5.17.14
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.18 < 5.18.3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.07% 0.219
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.